Obituary Thread

[Oldsmobile-88]

David Jacobs 87 ,long time Radio 2 dj /Radio 2 presenter .

A wonderful warm rich voice that will be missed by many....I am gald i listened to his last show in July,he retired very suddenly & as we all know now,he was very ill.

 

[Hants_red]

Ray Dolby. Audio pioneer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24075429

 

[Incontinentia]

Brian Sollitt

Inventor of the Yorkie, the Drifter, the Lion Bar, the Matchmaker, and the After Eight mint.

Died without a knighthood or a Nobel Prize. Justice? Not in this life, mate. RIP.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Ray Dolby. Audio pioneer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24075429

Dolby Noise Reduction switch(which reduced the hiss on tape recording,when taping LP to tape) was a must on any decent music system in the late 1970's..

 

[Dylan]

...and yet when i pressed said button on my Boom Box, the sound quality went down a few notches!

 

[Spoonz Red E]

Dolby Noise Reduction switch(which reduced the hiss on tape recording,when taping LP to tape) was a must on any decent music system in the late 1970's..

Re_t in pea_e.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Re_t in pea_e.

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I had a fader on my Pioneer tape deck.A lovely bit of kit.Great for compilation tapes(eliminating the horrible click)It cost me about £100 circa 1981 from Comet,when that establishment was in Summerland St.

 

[Alistair20000]

Tom Clancy

Author of The Hunt For Red October, Patriot Games etc.

 

[edindevon]

RIP to The Pogues guitarist, mandolin and banjo player, Phil Chevron, who has died of cancer aged 56.

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/pogues-guitarist-phil-chevron-passes-away-following-cancer-battle-29643966.html

Meanwhile, the seemingly indestructable Shane McGowan, who has looked to be at death's door since about 1987, lives on.

 

[Grecian_In_Exile]

Rest In Peace Janice Lynn Kuehnemund from All Girl Band VIXEN.... November 18 1961 - October 10 2013....

Another victim to Cancer, so young